Lexology Index Competition 2025

Lexology Index has ranked BRG practitioners in Lexology Index Competition 2025, a guide that profiles those considered to be “the best consultants, expert witnesses and advisers in the world … highlighted for their provision of expert knowledge and testimony in complex antitrust matters, alongside the superb advice they provide to lawyers and clients on intricate matters of competition economics”.

Among our twenty-six ranked practitioners, five are ranked as Global Elite Thought Leaders, achieved by only around 5 percent of ranked practitioners, and six as Thought Leaders, which consists of the top 25 to 30 percent of ranked practitioners.

Thought Leader Rosa Abrantes-Metz’s “combination of deep knowledge in a variety of areas and creativity makes her a valuable expert to work with”; she is an “excellent and creative practitioner” who “is hands on with all her work, completes her assignments on time and [is] a pleasure to work with”.

Phil Alves is a “strategic and diligent economist with fantastic attention to detail” whose analysis is “very detailed, well-written and carefully considered”, and he “thinks of every possible roadblock along the way”.

Dennis Beling “can cut through the peripheral and irrelevant matters and goes straight to the heart of the issue”; he is lauded for his “keen insight, excellent presentation of quantitative skills, and very approachable personality”.

Mark Bosley is an “effective communicator” who “understands the requirements of the client and provides timely responses to any queries”.

Global Elite Thought Leader Aleksandra Boutin is “creative”, “inventive” and “quick to grasp the issues presented to her”; she provides “great assistance in developing and defining the applicable theories of harm”.

Global Elite Thought Leader Xavier Boutin possesses “intellectual rigour and creative thinking skills” with a “great understanding of the European Commission’s competition policy and enforcement”.

Robin Cantor is “highly accomplished in the field” and a “top economist”.

Kevin Christensen is “intelligent and creative in his approach”, has “excellent knowledge of competition economics” and provides “impeccable work in a timely manner”.

Thought Leader Adina Claici has “excellent judgement on critical factors”, “easily sets priorities in what can be a disorganised set of information” and manages to “keep a bigger perspective while maintaining focus”.

Konstantin Ebinger is “great to work with” and has an “outstanding ability to steer clients and their non-legal teams through data collection and fact-finding”; he is a “clear communicator” with “strong business acumen and always delivers on time”.

David Evans is an “admirable” competition economist who testifies on “leading competition antitrust and merger clearance cases, both domestically and abroad”.

Laurent Eymard is “the best economist of his generation” and “brilliant”; he “offers his clients oral skills, responsiveness and clarity”.

Greg Harman is “a very impressive expert witness across the full spectrum of economics and accountancy” who “gains the respect of the court in cross examination”, and “his expert reports are excellent”.

Henry Kahwaty offers a “distinct mastery of technical analysis” in competition matters and “unparalleled depth of insight that consistently informs regulatory decisions and complex litigation across global markets”.

Thought Leader David Kaplan is a “highly respected antitrust economist with extensive expertise”; he has provided expert testimony in federal and state court cases involving price fixing, monopolisation and intellectual property damages claims.

Global Elite Thought Leader Kai-Uwe Kühn is “great to work with”, “an outstanding economist” and a “true force in court”, and “his timings and budget are reliable even if projects run parallel”.

Global Elite Thought Leader James Langenfeld is lauded as “a prominent competition economist” owing to his breadth of expertise which makes him “a trusted voice in complex litigation, policy evaluation and economic impact analysis”.

Shireen Meer is “extremely professional and responsive”; she “interprets data with ease and understands its constraints”.

Global Elite Thought Leader David Parker is an “excellent economist who has integrity and gravitas”, “capable of dealing with multiple complex issues” and “completely unflappable when on the witness stand”.

Wojciech Pawlak has an “impressive ability to analyse complex markets in the telecoms sector”, is “technically savvy and communicative” and “stands out for his clarity in presenting complex competition issues in a straightforward manner, without sacrificing depth or nuance”.

Dante Quaglione is “likeable, reliable and experienced” with “strong academic and commercial inputs”; he “makes complex economic concepts readily understandable to lay clients”.

David Scheffman is a highly regarded economist who has testified in high-profile cases; his knowledge of economic theory and practical experience in litigation make him a “versatile asset in the legal community”.

Thought Leader Pablo Spiller is recognised as a leading competition economist, most notably for providing analysis and testimony in international arbitration matters, where he is “a titan in the field”.

Thought Leader David Teece is a “globally influential” economist whose insights into innovation, competition and intellectual property have “shaped both academic thought and real-world policy across industries and borders”.

Thought Leader Cleve Tyler is a “clear communicator” who is “very bright, extremely thorough, and responsive”; he “has an inquisitive mind and is a deep thinker”.

Walter Vandaele acts as a competition economist across a range of international and national arbitration and litigation matters, with a strong focus on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.